Quake rocks Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant

TOKYO — A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook an area of northeast Japan which includes the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant Thursday but there were no reports of damage to the facility, officials said.

The moderate quake struck offshore near the coast of Fukushima at 7:05 pm (1005 GMT) with a “very shallow” focus, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

There were no fears of a tsunami following the tremor, the agency said.